24/03/2022
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As students with big dreams and aspirations for a successful life, we would always love to hear from professionals who were once in our shoes and are now prospering. When we asked Ms. Joanna Camille C. Paras, an award-winning Certified Public Accountant, what advice she would provide to aspiring CPAs, she said:
โIn your college years while you take all your major subjects, always remember to have fun. Have a study group where you can brainstorm and discuss and solve problems.
If youโre at home and you find yourself solving an unbalanced balance sheet and if youโre looking for that one peso difference, please take a nap and after that very powerful nap, you will surely find what youโre looking for. Donโt be hard on yourself. If youโre sleepy, sleep. If youโre not in the mood to study, go take some time off, but make sure you will make time to study and read previous notes.
Also, always ask questions if somethingโs unclear. And when the dreaded CPA exam schedule comes, on the first day, please set your mind that you can definitely pass it. Rebuke the thought of you failing the exam. Go back to the basics. And if you get nervous upon reading the 1st page of the 1st subject youโll take, please start on the 2nd page, or on the 3rd, 4th, or at the back! Surely, when you see a question youโre very familiar with, you will start to feel calm and relaxed.
Unsure of your answer? I once had a law teacher and she said that if youโre unsure of the answer, and if you think the answer is true, then the correct answer is false.
And lastly, do not forget to pray. ๐โ
She also shared some tips to the aspiring accountants on how to spend their day! ๐๐งก๐